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Doctors Gave Marilyn 6 to 8 Months 26 Years Ago. In Her 70s She Became a Flight Attendant: "I May Not Be the Best Flight Attendant, but I'm Happiest"
Some people slow down in their 70s. Marilyn Allred of Tulsa put on a uniform and went to work on airplanes. FOX23 News in Tulsa told her story in a report posted in late December 2022. The station said she had just started that year as a flight attendant, in her 70s, making a dream of hers come true. “I may not be the best flight attendant, but I’m happiest,” she told the station. She said she tries to greet everyone with a smile, and gets one right back. Getting there was not easy, and she kept it quiet at first. She told FOX23 she had not been to school in many years and did not know if she would pass training, and she did not want people to know if she failed. The station reported that memorizing 70 acronyms, studying and preparing were overwhelming at times. “I cried at night because I’m like, what are you doing? But I did it,” she said. This was not the first hard thing she had pushed through. Marilyn told the station she had inflammatory breast cancer 26 years earlier, at a time when she said the survival rate was 15%. One group
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Catholic Charities sees surge in need as holiday season approaches
TULSA, Okla. - Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma serves anyone facing instability in their life, regardless of religious affiliation. The organization offers food assistance, housing support, dental care, maternity services, immigration assistance, ESL classes and a high school equivalency program at its campus at 2450 N. Harvard Ave. in Tulsa.
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Free Guided Tours Take You Up Close To The Praying Hands Carved Into This Downtown Tulsa Church’s 255-Foot Tower
Some Tulsa landmarks wait politely for you to notice them. This one shoots a tower roughly 15 stories into the downtown skyline and practically dares you to keep driving. Built in the late 1920s during Oklahoma’s oil boom, it is often called one of the finest examples of Art Deco church design in the entire country. The best part for families on a budget is simple: the tour costs nothing.
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Tulsa rescue owner due in court as animal rights activists plan protest
TULSA, Okla. - A Tulsa woman charged in a major animal cruelty investigation is expected in court Friday morning as animal rights activists plan to protest outside the courthouse. Sasha Smith, one of the owners of Mercy Sakes 2nd Chance Animal Rescue, is scheduled to appear at 9 a.m. Smith...
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Indigenous food sovereignty group finds right fit with move to University of Tulsa
The move of an Indigenous food law and policy group to the University of Tulsa was already underway when the organization’s co-founder was named the school’s next president. In 2012, Stacy Leeds, a Cherokee Nation citizen, was coming off a class-action settlement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
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IRS Records Show Huge Disparities for Coweta Charity
In 2023, the Luanne Elise Foundation told the IRS its gross receipts were less than $50,000. That same year, a nonprofit that manages charitable giving told the IRS it sent the Coweta charity $894,369. The pattern repeated in 2024, when the foundation again reported less than $50,000 in revenue and...
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Veterans reflect on racism, sacrifice and service at Stutts House of Barbeque
Free barbecue was on the menu for Veterans Day at Stutts House of Barbeque. The north Tulsa staple gave away plates of chicken, ribs, bologna, links and slabs with sides of coleslaw, potato salad, baked beans and jambalaya to all veterans and their children to celebrate the early November holiday. x.
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These 8 Oklahoma Restaurants Make Eating Gluten-Free Feel Easy
Some of the best meals in Oklahoma happen at places you would drive right past without a second look. For anyone who avoids gluten, finding one of those spots feels like striking gold, because ordering stops being a nervous guessing game. Picture walking into a plain little storefront, scanning the...
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Long-awaited east Tulsa business center plans to open in fall 2027 after three-year delay
Next fall, small businesses and entrepreneurs will have a place to call home with the expected opening of east Tulsa’s business center. Now, the organization behind the project is hoping to bridge its funding gap. Eastside Rise broke ground on the center, which spans nearly 15,000 square feet, in...
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Scenes from the downtown Tulsa Route 66 Centennial Celebration
In cooperation with the Oklahoma Route 66 Centennial Commission, the Tulsa Arts District hosted a dynamic Route 66 Centennial Celebration presented by Cherokee Nation Businesses on Nov. 11, 2026 —100 years to the day from when U.S. Route 66 was officially established and commissioned as part of the new U.S. Numbered Highway System.